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Published by Düsseldorf : Patmos-Verl., 1992
ISBN 10: 3491779278ISBN 13: 9783491779273
Seller: books4less (Versandantiquariat Petra Gros GmbH & Co. KG), Welling, Germany
Book First Edition
Broschiert. Condition: Gut. 1. Aufl. 160 Seiten; Das Buch befindet sich in einem ordentlich erhaltenen Zustand. Einbandkanten sind leicht bestoßen. Einige Anstreichungen im Text. Leichte altersbedingte Anbräunung des Papiers. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 160.
Published by Flying Car Publishing Company, 2010
ISBN 10: 0984151826ISBN 13: 9780984151820
Seller: Utah Book and Magazine, Salt Lake City Utah, UT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. 524 Pages, Text Clean, Book Tight, No Wear or Damage, Book has not been used, Condition of Book New.
Published by Cambridge University Press Cambridge 1962, 1962
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
410pp. 8vo Trade paperback, rustica, broche 1st paperback edition. Contains only 1st 56 sections Light cover soil: VG.
Published by Vrin (Paris), 1973
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
First Edition
Paperback. Condition: nrFine. 1st Edition. In permanent polythene protector.
Published by Frankfurt am Main : Suhrkamp, 1986
ISBN 10: 3518281933ISBN 13: 9783518281932
Seller: Fundus-Online GbR Borkert Schwarz Zerfaß, Berlin, Germany
Book First Edition
kart. Condition: Gut. 1. Aufl. 167 S. ; 18 cm Erste Auflage, Papier lichtbedingt nachgedunkelt. ISBN 9783518281932 Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 119.
Published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1978
ISBN 10: 0674461932ISBN 13: 9780674461932
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
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Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Ix, 380 Pp. Large Format First Paperback Edition, 1978, Of A Book First Published In Hardcover In 1971. A Definitive Comparison Of The Three Editions Of The Principia Isues In Newton's Lifetime. Very Good, Light Wear, No Marks.
Published by Drei Masken, Munchen / Berlin, 1932
Seller: The Book Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
First Edition
GERMAN FIRST EDITION. 15x22.5 cm. VIII+167 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly stained. Cover edges slightly chafed. Spine is stained. Top and bottom of spine are chafed - cover slightly detached from spine on bottom of spine. Pencil writing on several pages. Else in good condition. The book is in : German.
Published by München, Berlin, Drei Masken Verlag., 1932
Seller: Antiquariat Nosbüsch und Stucke, Euskirchen, NRW, Germany
First Edition
VIII, 167 S., 1 Bl. Orig.-Kartoniert. Erste deutsche Ausgabe. - Gutes Exemplar.
Published by Berlin, Drei Masken Verlag, 1932
Seller: Antiquariat Andreas Moser, Inh. W.Klügel, Wien, Austria
Book First Edition
VIII, 167 SS., 1 Bl. Okart. Erste deutsche Ausgabe. - Namensstempel a.d. Vor- und Titelblatt, Rücken leiocht bestoßen.
Published by Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, 1973., 1973
Seller: Scientia Books, ABAA ILAB, Arlington, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
125 pp, 1 leaf; illus. Original wrappers. Very Good. First Edition. Leibniz's marginalia in Newton's Principia. Contains Fellmann's text in German, with French translation. L'Histoire des Sciences. Textes et Études.
Published by Dover Publications, 1992
ISBN 10: 0486669807ISBN 13: 9780486669809
Seller: Collectors' Bookstore, Deurne, Belgium
Book First Edition
Condition: New. First Edition. First Edition thus. On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematicon Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems A and Re by Kurt Godel. ISBN:9780486669809. Collectible item in excellent condition.
Published by Merchant Books, 2009
ISBN 10: 160386184XISBN 13: 9781603861847
Seller: Collectors' Bookstore, Deurne, Belgium
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Condition: New. First Edition. First Edition thus. Principia Mathematica - Volume Three by Alfred North Whitehead; Russell Bertrand. ISBN:9781603861847. Collectible item in excellent condition.
Published by hansebooks, 2016
ISBN 10: 3741195677ISBN 13: 9783741195679
Seller: Collectors' Bookstore, Deurne, Belgium
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Condition: New. First Edition. First Edition thus. Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton. ISBN:9783741195679. Collectible item in excellent condition.
Published by Merchant Books, 2009
ISBN 10: 1603861831ISBN 13: 9781603861830
Seller: Collectors' Bookstore, Deurne, Belgium
Book First Edition
Condition: New. First Edition. First Edition thus. Principia Mathematica - Volume Two by Alfred North Whitehead; Russell Bertrand. ISBN:9781603861830. Collectible item in excellent condition.
Published by Merchant Books, 2009
ISBN 10: 1603861823ISBN 13: 9781603861823
Seller: Collectors' Bookstore, Deurne, Belgium
Book First Edition
Condition: New. First Edition. First Edition thus. Principia Mathematica - Volume One by Alfred North Whitehead; Russell Bertrand. ISBN:9781603861823. Collectible item in excellent condition.
Published by Centre International d'Etude du XVIIIe siècle Ferney-Voltaire, 2015
ISBN 10: 2845591152ISBN 13: 9782845591158
Seller: Okmhistoire, St Rémy-des-Monts, SARTH, France
Book First Edition
Couverture souple. Condition: Comme neuf. Edition originale. Paris 2015. 1 Volume/1 -- Tome 1 seul -- Reliure éditeur cartonnée illustrée. Format in-8°( 26,5 x 18,5 cm ). ------ XVI-524 pages. illustrations. ****************** TABLE DES MATIERES DU TOME 1 : Introduction // Textes de l'édition de 1759 absents des manuscrits // Les tables; Les errata // Livre I des Principes mathématiques.*****************.
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Published by New York: Basic Books, 1962., 1962
Seller: Ted Kottler, Bookseller, Redondo Beach, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition in English, American issue, of 'Über formal unentscheidbare Sätze der Principia Mathematica und verwandter Systeme' (Monatshefte fur Mathematik und Physik, xxxviii (1931), pp. 173-98). viii, 72 pp. Original cloth-backed boards. Lower corner of rear board slightly bumped and cracked, paper clip attached to p. 33/34. Else Very Good, without dust jacket. "Gödel is best known for his proof of 'Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems'. In 1931 he published these results in Über formal unentscheidbare Sätze der Principia Mathematica und verwandter Systeme. He proved fundamental results about axiomatic systems, showing in any axiomatic mathematical system there are propositions that cannot be proved or disproved within the axioms of the system. In particular the consistency of the axioms cannot be proved. This ended a hundred years of attempts to establish axioms which would put the whole of mathematics on an axiomatic basis. One major attempt had been by Bertrand Russell with Principia Mathematica (1910-13). Another was Hilbert's formalism which was dealt a severe blow by Gödel's results. The theorem did not destroy the fundamental idea of formalism, but it did demonstrate that any system would have to be more comprehensive than that envisaged by Hilbert. Gödel's results were a landmark in 20th-century mathematics, showing that mathematics is not a finished object, as had been believed. It also implies that a computer can never be programmed to answer all mathematical questions" (MacTutor History of Mathematics Web site).
Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
ISBN 10: 1137344628ISBN 13: 9781137344625
Seller: Collectors' Bookstore, Deurne, Belgium
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Condition: New. First Edition. First Edition thus. The Palgrave Centenary Companion to Principia Mathematica by Bernard Linsky. ISBN:9781137344625. Collectible item in excellent condition.
Published by Philosophy And Phenomenological Research, 1950
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
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Book First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Separate Edition. Pp 190-199, Staplebound, Offprint Format. Fine. Inscribed To Adolph Grunbaum "With Best Regards" From Copi. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Harvard University Press, 1972
Seller: Darwin Labordo, Books, Sierra Madre, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Two volumes, complete. Books and dust jackets are in near fine condition. First edition thus.
Published by Harvard University Press, [Cambridge, Massachusetts], 1972
Seller: Evening Star Books, ABAA/ILAB, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition thus. 2 vol. Folio. [4], v-xl, [2], 1-547, [3]; [7], 548-916 pp. Black cloth with silver lettering on the spine. Illustrated with a facsimile frontispiece portrait of Isaac Newton, taken from the 1726 edition of Newton's Principia. Also illustrated with 67 in-text diagrams, from the original editions. Facsimile half-title, title, and text pages as well, all taken from the first three published editions of Newton's Principia. Assembled and edited by Alexandre Koyré and I. Bernard Cohen with the assistance of Anne Whitman. Pressler, Printing in the Mind of Man (PMM) 96. According to PMM, "The Principia is generally described as the greatest work in the history of science . [providing] the great synthesis of the cosmos, proving finally its physical unity". Newton's work provided the last blow to the Aristotelian view of the universe, present and dominant through the medieval period and into the Renaissance. The book was a great catalyst for the Scientific Revolution. This edition allows the reader to see how Newton's work evolved over time, from the manuscript draft of the first edition between 1685 and 1687 to the release of the third edition in 1726. The textual variations are displayed, with other variant readings taken from surviving manuscripts. The front flap refers to this publication as a photographic reprint of the third edition, with the variant readings from the seven other sources at the bottom of each page. Thus the reader can easily observe Newton's changes. The appendices provide a bibliography of the Principia, information on the contributions of Roger Cotes and Henry Pemberton, and a complete table of contents for the third edition. A beautiful example of this important and comprehensive edition of one of the great works of science. A private person's stamp on the front pastedown of each volume; a small blemish to volume one's jacket's front panel.
Published by Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass, 1972
ISBN 10: 0674664752ISBN 13: 9780674664753
Seller: The Chatham Bookseller, Madison, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. facsimile of the Third Edition (1726). Two volumes. 916pp. Black Boards, Silver lettering. Except for a lower bumped corner on Volume 2, this is a fine, unmarked set of a facsimile of the Third Edition(1726) with variant readings. Diagrams throughout. Text is in Latin with a bibliography in English. Unclipped green, ruled jacket has creasing to the upper extremities of Volume one. Of great importance in the history of mathematics and philosophy, Principia Mathematica sparked interest in symbolic logic and advanced the subject by popularizing it; it showcased the powers and capacities of symbolic logic; and it showed how advances in philosophy of mathematics and symbolic logic could go hand-in-hand with tremendous fruitfulness. This is a photrographic reprint of the Third edition, which allows the reader to see all the changes that Newton introduced and to determne exactly how the last and definitive edition, published a few months before Newton's death, grew from earlier versions. Size: 8 1/2" x 11 1/4".
Published by Basileae in officina Henrichi Petri imprint from colophon, 1551
First Edition
FIRST EDITION 1551 in 2 parts, the first part on measurments and surveying, the second starting on page 69, on dialing and other contemporary timekeepers. Latin text, small folio, approximately 305 x 200 mm, 12 x 8 inches, large woodcut illustration to title page, many woodcut illustrations throughout including 12 striking images of the signs of the zodiac, diagrams and historiated initials, Errata with illustration on recto and printer's device on verso, LACKING FOLDING PLATE. Pages: [10], 1- 242, [2], bound in full early blind panelled calf, rebacked to style with raised bands and blind ornament in compartments, no label or lettering, housed in a sturdy custom made felt lined clamshell box with gilt lettered black morocco spine and cloth boards. Covers lightly rubbed and light shelf wear to edges. Repair to inner margin of title page, pale browning to same and slightly dusty with lower corner repaired and small repair to blank side with slight loss to image, ink number to top corner, closed tear to lower margin neatly repaired on page 1, (70 mm, 3 inches) closed tear to outer margin of page 64 neatly repaired, not near text, small light stain to lower inner corners through most of the book, lower corner of page 173 repaired, bookplate of William Jesse Freer on front pastedown, free endpapers missing and blank leaf a6. A good copy. See: The Clockmaker's Library, compiled by John Bromley, page 41-42, No. 605; Adams, European Books 1501-1600, Volume I, M1939; Honeyman Collection, Part V, No.2274. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Published by Genève, Barrillot et fils, 1739-1742, 1739
Seller: Timeless Tales Rare Books, Acton, MA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, 3 vol., first 'Jesuit's' edition, titles in red and black with engraved vignette, illustrations and diagrams, in quarto (4to) Usual minor damp-staining and foxing, old ink stamp to titles, contemporary sheep, original hardcover, spines gilt, worn, Geneva, 1739-42. The Jesuit edition is based on the third edition of Newton s Principia (1687), by the minim frias Thomas Le Seur (1703-1770), François Jacquier (1711-1788), both of whom were French priests, and Jean-Louis Calandrini (1703-1758), a Swiss mathematician. This edition includes several commentaries, explanations and addendums to the Principia that did not originate with Newton. The editors of the Jesuit Edition , made use of the formalism developed by Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), outlined in his work Mechanica (1736), to rewrite Principia s propositions into differential equations. Notably, the commentators "1) explain Newton s propositions in a clearer manner than Newton did; 2) translate the properties given by Newton geometrically in more analytical terms; 3) sometimes explain the development of physics, based on Newton s discoveries, after Newton (Bussotti and Pisano, 2014a, 35-36). Le Seur, Jacquier and Calandrini accomplished these tasks magnificently.
Published by M. M.Stasiulevicha, Petrograd, 1915
Seller: Jeremy Norman's historyofscience, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Newton, Isaac (1643-1727). Matematicheskiye nachala natural'noy filosofii. Translated from Latin with notes and explanations by A[leksei] N. Krylov. 2 vols. vi, 276; [4], 277-620pp. 36 plates. Petrograd: M. M. Stasyulevich, 1915-16. Original printed wrappers, spines restored, edges of wrappers repaired, front wrapper of Vol. 1 a bit creased, a few tiny chips. Library stamps on titles and last pages of both volumes, some ink lines in the margins. Very good. First Edition in Russian of Newton's Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica (1687), made by Russian naval engineer and applied mathematician Aleksei Nikolaevich Krylov (1863-1945), who became internationally famous for his works on magnetic compasses, ship floodability, hydrodynamics and computational mathematics. He built the first machine in Russia for integrating ordinary differential equations, and in 1931 published a paper on what is now called "Krylov subspace," dealing with computation of the characteristic polynomial coefficients of a given matrix. The first volume of Krylov's translation of the Principia, unlike many Russian books of the period, was printed on good-quality paper; the second volume, however, was printed on paper of lesser quality. The edition does not include information on the number of copies printed, but it was likely a small edition. OCLC cites four copies in Western librariesâ "Stanford, Huntington, University of Oklahoma and Paris-BIUSJ-Mathematiques. Not in A Descriptive Catalogue of the Grace K. Babson Collection of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton. .
Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1950
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition of volume one and second editions of volumes two and three, in the rare dust jackets of Russell and Whitehead's monumental work. Octavo, three volumes, original cloth. Rare and desirable. Probably named after Isaac Newton's great work, "Principia Mathematica was Whitehead and Russell s detailed account of their logicist thesis that mathematics could be derived solely from logical concepts and by logical methods [it] has had an influence, direct and indirect, of near Newtonian proportions upon the spheres of its chief influence: mathematical logic, set theory, the foundations of mathematics, linguistic analysis and analytical philosophy" (Grattan-Guinness, p. 89). "Whether they know it or not, all modern logicians are the heirs of Whitehead and Russell" (Palgrave, p. 20). In very good to near fine condition with volumes two and three in the rare original dust jackets, endpapers renewed to volume one.
Published by Apud Guil. & Joh. Innys, London, 1726
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Full description: NEWTON, [Sir] Isaac. Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica. Editio tertia aucta & emendata. London: Apud Guil. & Joh. Innys, 1726. Third edition. One of only 1250 copies printed. Quarto (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches; 241 x 190 mm.). [36], 530, [6, index] pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait (facing preface) by George Vertue after I. Vanderbank. Numerous diagrams in the text and one engraving of cometary orbit on p. 506. Title printed in red and black. In period repurposed mottled calf over original boards. Spine stamped in gilt. Red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. All edges red. Marbled endpapers. Some old ink notes on front flyleaf. One instance of light marginalia. A one-inch closed tear to leaf D2, not affecting text. Some occasional very light dampstaining to fore-edge margin. Overall a very good, clean copy. "This edition was the last published during the author's lifetime and the basis of all subsequent editions. It was edited by Henry Pemberton, M.D., F.R.S., and contains a new preface by Newton and a large number of alterations, the most important being the scholium on fluxions, in which Leibnitz had been mentioned by name. This had been considered an acknowledgement of Leibnitz's independent discovery of the calculus. In omitting Leibnitz's name in this edition, Newton was criticized as taking advantage of an opponent whose death had prevented any reply" (Babson, p. 12). Third edition of "the greatest work in the history of science" (Printing and the Mind of Man). In the Principia, Newton formulated the three laws of motion from which he derived the principle of universal gravitation, "wherein all bodies, of whatever mass, attract one another in proportion to their masses and in inverse ratio as the square of the distance between them. This applies to dust particles as to the mightiest celestial bodies" (Dibner). "Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler had certainly shown the way; but where they described the phenomena they observed, Newton explained the underlying universal laws. The Principia provided the great synthesis of the cosmos, proving finally its physical unity. Newton showed that the important and dramatic aspects of nature that were subject to the universal law of gravitation could be explained, in mathematical terms, within a single physical theory.The same laws of gravitation and motion rule everywhere; for the first time a single mathematical law could explain the motion of objects on earth as well as the phenomena of the heavens. The whole cosmos is composed of inter-connecting parts influencing each other according to these laws. It was this grand conception that produced a general revolution in human thought, equalled perhaps only by that following Darwin's Origin of Species" (Printing and the Mind of Man 161, describing the first edition). Babson 13. Gray 9. Wallis 9. HBS 68655. $20,000.
First edition. 'THE GREATEST SINGLE CONTRIBUTION TO LOGIC SINCE ARISTOTLE' . First edition of this monumental work, one of the great rarities of modern science and mathematics, "the greatest single contribution to logic that has appeared in the two thousand years since Aristotle" (DNB). "In this monumental study of logic and set theory, Russell and Whitehead took up the task . of proving the logical basis of all mathematics by deducing the whole body of mathematical doctrine from a small number of primitive ideas and principles of logical inference. To do so, Russell and Whitehead devised a complex but precise system of symbols that enabled them to sidestep the ambiguities of ordinary language, and to give an exposition of sentential logic that has hardly been improved upon since" (Norman). Probably named after Isaac Newton's great work, Principia Mathematica "has had an influence, direct and indirect, of near Newtonian proportions upon the spheres of its chief influence: mathematical logic, set theory, the foundations of mathematics, linguistic analysis and analytical philosophy" (Grattan-Guinness (1975), p. 89). "It also served as a major impetus for research in the foundations of mathematics throughout the twentieth century. Along with Aristotle's Organon and Gottlob Frege's Grundgesetze der Arithmetik, it remains one of the most influential books on logic ever written" (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). "Whether they know it or not, all modern logicians are the heirs of Whitehead and Russell" (Palgrave, p. 20). Complete sets of the first edition are very rare. Vol. I was printed in an edition of 750 copies and, due to disappointing sales, the publishers reduced the print run of Vols. II and III to 500 copies each, so that only 500 complete sets in first edition are possible. John Slater, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto and editor of The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell, suggests that there are probably fewer than 50 sets surviving in private hands. "Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) had attempted to demonstrate logicism about arithmetic (though not geometry) in the period from 1879, when his first book, Begriffsschrift, was published, to 1903, when the second volume of his Grundgesetze der Arithmetik appeared. However, in 1902, as that second volume was in press, Russell (1872-1970) had written to him informing him of the contradiction that he had discovered in Frege's system" (Palgrave, p. viii). This was 'Russell's paradox', that the set of all sets that are not members of themselves is a member of itself if and only if it is not a member of itself. "Frege had attempted to respond to the contradiction . in a hastily written appendix, but he soon realized that his response was inadequate and abandoned his logicist project. It was left to Russell to find a solution to the paradox and to reconstruct the logicist program accordingly. The final result was Russell's ramified theory of types and Principia Mathematica itself, but this theory and the logicist reconstruction in which it is embedded took a decade to develop" (ibid.). "Principia Mathematica had its origins in Russell's discovery of the work of [Giuseppe] Peano (1858-1932) at the International Congress of Philosophy held in Paris in the summer of 1900, which Peano and his supporters attended in force. To that time Russell had been working for several years attempting to develop a satisfactory philosophy of mathematics. Despite some philosophical successes . a satisfactory outcome had always eluded him. At the conference, however, he very quickly realized that the Peano school had a set of techniques of which he could make use, and on his return from the conference he immediately set about applying them. As a result, he quickly rewrote The Principles of Mathematics, which he had started in 1899, finishing the new version by the end of the year. It was published, after some delay and substantial revisions of Part I, in 1903, billed as the first of two volumes. It was intended as a philosophical introduction to, and defence of, the logicist program that all mathematical concepts could be defined in terms of logic and that all mathematical theorems could be derived from purely logical axioms. It was to be followed by a second volume, done in Peano's notation, in which the logicist program would actually be carried out by providing the requisite definitions and proofs. At about the same time that Russell was finishing The Principles of Mathematics, he began the collaboration with his former teacher, Whitehead (1861-1947), that produced, many years later, Principia Mathematica. "Whitehead in 1898 had published A Treatise on Universal Algebra, another first volume, in which a variety of symbolic systems were interpreted on a general, abstract conception of space. Again much detailed formal work was held over for the second volume. By September 1902 the two second volumes had merged, both authors having decided to unite in producing a joint second volume to each of their projects. This in turn grew until it constituted the three volumes of Principia Mathematica. The reason for the long delay in completing [Principia Mathematica] . was the difficulty in dealing with a paradox that Russell had discovered around May 1901 in the set-theoretic basis of the logicist system. The natural initial supposition of that system was that a class would correspond to each propositional function of the system, intuitively the class of terms which satisfied that propositional function. This being the case, there would be a class corresponding to the propositional function 'x is not a member of itself', and this class would be a member of itself if and only if it was not a member of itself. The problem of restricting the underlying logic so that this result could not arise while leaving it strong enough to support the mathematical superstructure that Russell and Whitehead wished to build on it absorbed many years of intense labour" (ibid.,
Published by University Press, Cambridge, 1913
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. First edition. Three volumes. ix, [5], 666; xxxiv, 772; x, 491 pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth, spines lettered in gilt; housed in custom folding cloth box. Good condition overall. Unsophisticated copies, pleasantly not-ex-library (very uncommon in commerce thus), but certainly fragile. Rubbing to lettering, staining and edge wear to cloth, boards exposed at extremities; contents toned, brittle with age, and sometimes faintly foxed. Hinges of Vol. I starting; rear board split at head but holding; a few pages detached; about a fifth of pp.1-2 torn off but retained; circular tear to last several leaves of the volume. Vol. II has occasional marginal chipping including to lower corners of about 160 pages, not affecting text; tiny wormholes to inner margins of prelims; hinges worn with a few pages detached. Vol. III cloth chipped along edges; bump to bottom inner corner of textblock. A truly rare first edition of one of the major intellectual landmarks of the 20th century. It marked a milestone in the evolution of mathematical logic, upon which the development of computers and the information sciences would depend, by attempting to construct "the whole body of mathematical doctrine by logical deduction from the basis of a small number of primitive ideas and a small number of primitive principles of logical inference" (DSB, XII, p. 14). In the discipline of philosophy this work represents a culmination of centuries of empiricist and rationalist discourse, an ambitious masterwork.